Anbarasan Ethirajan
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Global News Podcast
The secret police's grip on Syria under Assad
This movie has been talked about for months and months. The first part... It was a mega success in 2021, not only in India, but also movies around the world, wherever the Indian population was living. In fact, when I was in Nepal a few years ago, people were playing the songs from this movie during a party.
Global News Podcast
The secret police's grip on Syria under Assad
So this movie became a cult movie and people are waiting for the second part, the sequel to that one. So in the city of Hyderabad, the premiere was happening. And according to police, he made a surprise appearance at the cinema hall just to give a pleasant surprise to the fans.
Global News Podcast
The secret police's grip on Syria under Assad
And the police accused his security detail of trying to push people because there were so many people trying to have a glimpse of the hero. He's a very big star in the Telugu film industry. And that's what probably, you know, that's when the crash happened. A 39-year-old woman died and her son was seriously injured.
Global News Podcast
The secret police's grip on Syria under Assad
So that triggered a controversy and there was a complaint by the family of the victim. And the police have already arrested the owner of the theatre and some of the theatre management people. So there was a case filed against him, Alu Arjun. And then all of a sudden today, the police went and took him into custody and he was produced in court.
Global News Podcast
The secret police's grip on Syria under Assad
And then the court initially gave him a judicial remand for two weeks. But then his lawyers moved the high court where he was granted interim bail.
Global News Podcast
The secret police's grip on Syria under Assad
Yeah, the police, they say they have charged him under culpable homicide because of how the circumstances leading to this crash happened. But of course, many people would question, you know, such things happen in India every now and then.
Global News Podcast
The secret police's grip on Syria under Assad
For example, I was in India in July when there was a spiritual guru was having a huge gathering in Uttar Pradesh state and then more than 120 people died in that crash. So these things do happen and people are questioning why this particular actor was targeted. Several movie stars have come out in support of Mr. Arjun. And in fact, his side, they felt very disappointed when the incident happened.
Global News Podcast
The secret police's grip on Syria under Assad
A few days later, as we heard from him, he was expressing his condolences and they were deeply shocked by what happened. So now it has become a political game with political parties blaming each other of why the local authorities were trying to arrest him.